A firm protested a Navy contract award for aircraft training devices, contending that the Navy improperly failed to: (1) evaluate its bid; and (2) conduct discussions or request a best and final offer. GAO held that the: (1) protester failed to show that the Navy's evaluation was unreasonable; and (2) Navy was not required to hold discussions with the protester, since its proposal was technically...

DIGEST: Absent a showing that an agency's evaluation is unreasonable. Exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competitive range is warranted where agency finds proposal unacceptable in two areas identified for evaluation in RFP as "critical". Finds that deficiencies are not susceptible to correction through discussions. The RFP was issued on May 7. Technical proposals were to be evaluated u...